Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open educational resources (OER). As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Modern advancements in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.

There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? Higher education instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major barriers associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). For more details please visit this Open Education Resource website.

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